Penn State quarterback Rashard Casey pleaded innocent to assault charges yesterday in the racially-charged beating of a Hoboken cop.

Police say Casey and another man, Desmond Miller, beat Patrolman Patrick Fitzsimmons outside a Hoboken bar early Sunday – because they were angry that Fitzsimmons, who is white, was at the club with a black woman.

Casey and Miller are black.

“Mr. Fitzsimmons was in the company of an African-American female, and Mr. Casey and Mr. Miller took exception to that,” said Hoboken Police Chief Carmen LaBruno.